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   2   | Pieces turn around the board, they cannot go in the middle.
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   5   Each side has only a king, two rooks, one bishop and two pawns.
   6   Pieces can never enter the central area.
   7   Pawns can only move "clockwise", acording to the image below: they move
   8   and capture forward straight and diagonally in the arrow direction.
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  10 figure
  11   img.img-center(src="/variants/Rollerball/rollerball_directions.gif")
  12   figcaption.text-center.
  13     Main directions on the board.
  14     The squares where direction changes are enlighted with white arrows.
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  16 p.
  17   When a pawn reaches the starting square of an enemy pawn, it promotes
  18   into a bishop or rook.
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  20 p.
  21   Rooks and bishop move as usual, but are restricted to one square only when
  22   moving counter-clockwise.
  23   Moreover, they are allowed one rebound in certain circumstances:
  24 ul
  25   li a bishop rebounds on the first wall met,
  26   li a rook rebounds (at 90 degrees) if it reaches a corner.
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  28 figure
  29   img.img-center(src="/variants/Rollerball/rook_example.gif")
  30   figcaption.text-center Some rook movements.
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  32 p.
  33   The king moves as in orthodox chess.
  34   The goal is either to bring your king on the initial square of the
  35   opponent's king, or to checkmate him.
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  37 h3 More information
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  39 p
  40   | See the
  41   a(href="http://history.chess.free.fr/rollerball.htm") author's presentation
  42   | , and the
  43   a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/40.dir/rollerball/index.html")
  44     | chessvariants page
  45   | .
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  47 p Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux (1998)